Covington & burling llp Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Ques:- 6 cats kill 6 rats in 6 minutes .how many cats will be needed to kill 100 rats in 50 minutes?
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 12:04:23:

one cat kill one rat six minutes
so 1 cat kill 100 rat willbe needed 6*100=600minutes
then 100 rates kill 50minutes means then 600/50=12
so the answer is 12

Ques:- What is Ur Streght?(In P.M)
Ques:- Every day a cyclist meets a train at a particular crossing .The road is straight before the crossing and both are travelling in the same direction.Cyclist travels with a speed of 10 kmph.One day the cyclist come late by 25 minutes and meets the train 5 km before the crossing.What is the speed of the train?
Ques:- cost of an item is Rs 12.60 7 profit is 10% over selling price what is the selling price
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 11:59:33:

Rs.13.8677

Ques:- Name the extra co-curricular activities you participated in and how many awards did you win?
Ques:- Position in this company
Ques:- You have a car mileage 1km per liter, you have 3 thousand liters of petrol and have to cover 3000kms and give a way to cover that distance so that you can have some petrol remaining when you reached.
Ques:- A train of length 150 metres takes 40.5 seconds to cross a tunnel of length 300 metres. What is the speed of the train in km/hr?
A. 13.33
B. 26.67
C. 39.16
D. 40
Recent Answer : Added by Kelvin Chibeti On 2022-10-07 17:19:15:

1km = 1000m
Xkm = 300m
X=0.30km

1hr = 3,600s
X = 40.5s
0.01125hr
Therefore; 0.3km/0.1125hr= 26.6666=26.67km/hr

Ques:- The C.P of 15 books is equal to the S.P of 18 books. Find his gain% or loss%?
Recent Answer : Added by Pawan On 2021-07-18 09:42:52:

16.25

Ques:- Find the missing number of the series 2, 5, 10, 17, ….
Recent Answer : Added by Larry Omela On 2022-05-17 09:08:58:

26

Ques:- Your area of interest in studies.
Ques:- There are 9 balls of equal size and same weight(they look similar) except 1. How many weights required to find the dissimilar ball using a weighing balance?
Recent Answer : Added by G Dinesh On 2023-06-10 18:20:22:

Here is the solution to the given version of the puzzle (9 balls, one is heavier, need to identify oddball), where we label the balls A, B, …, I:

1. Weigh ABC versus DEF.

Scenario a: If these (1) balance, then we know the oddball is one of G, H, I.

2. Weigh G versus H.

Scenario a.i: If these (2) balance, the oddball is I.

Scenario a.ii: If these (2) do not balance, the heavier one is the oddball.

Scenario b: If these (1) do not balance, then the oddball is on the heavier side. For simplicity, assume the ABC side is heavier, so the oddball is one of A, B, C.

2. Weigh A versus B.

Scenario b.i: If these (2) balance, the oddball is C.

Scenario b.ii: If these (2) do not balance, the heavier one is the oddball.

answer is maximum of 2.

Ques:- There is a printed book. The page numbers are not printed. Now the printing of page numbers is being done separately. If the total number of digits printed is 1095 then how many pages does the book have?
Ques:- When x is real what is the least value of (x**2-6*x+5)/(x**2+2*x+1)
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 12:01:23:

(x**2 – 6* x + 5) = (x-1)*(x-5)
(x**2 + 2 * x + 1) = (x + 1) * (x+1) = (x+1)**2
For what x is (x-1)*(x-5)/( (x+1)**2) a minimum?
One way to answer this question is by using calculus.
Take the derivative, and set to zero.
Since this is a fraction of polynomials, and a fraction is
zero only if it’s numerator is zero, we need calculate only
the numerator of the derivative and set it to zero.
The numerator of the
Derivative of (x-1)*(x-5)/( (x+1)**2) is
( (x-1) + (x-5) ) ( x+1)**2 – (x-1)(x-5)( 2 (x+1) )
= (2 x – 6) (x+1)**2 – (2) (x-1)(x-5) (x+1)
= 0
Divide through by 2 (x+1)
(x-3)(x+1) – (x-1)(x-5) = 0
(x**2 – 2 x – 3 ) – (x**2 – 6 x + 5) = 0
x**2 – x**2 – 2 x + 6 x – 3 – 5 = 0
4 x – 8 = 0
x = 2
Plugging in x = 2 into the original
(x**2-6*x+5)/(x**2+2*x+1)
gives us (2**2 – 6 * 2 + 5)/(2**2 + 2*2 + 1)
= (4 – 12 + 5) / (4 + 4 + 1) = -3/9 = -1/3
Least value is -1/3

Ques:- What is the GDP growth of India?
Ques:- Passenger train and Freight train passing on parallel tracks. Passenger train takes takes twice as much time to pass the Freight train when moving in same direction and also the same time when moving in the opp direction. How much faster is the passanger train?
Ques:- Why do you want to leave the company?
Ques:- A can do a job in 18 days and B can do it in 30 days. A and B working together will finish twice the amount of work in ——- days?
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2022-09-29 17:11:51:

A & B one day work= 1/18 + 1/30= 8/90

As we know that number of work is 1

1÷8/90= 1*90/8= 90/8.

Since they say “ twice the amount of work

Then ,2*90/8= 22.5 days

Ques:- Perimeter of the back wheel = 9 feet, front wheel = 7 feet on a certain distance, the front wheel gets 10 revolutions more than the back wheel .What is the distance?
Recent Answer : Added by VSEC_me On 2022-08-14 16:34:00:

Let the total rotations be x:
So the distance covered by both the wheels will be same,
9 * x = 7 * (x + 10)
x = 35 rotations
distance travelled = 9 * 35 = 7 * (35 + 10) = 315 feet

Ques:- A traveler walks a certain distance. Had he gone half a kilometer an hour faster , he would have walked it in 4/5 of the time, and had he gone half a Kilometer an hour slower, he would have walked 2 ½ hr longer. What is the distance?
Recent Answer : Added by Nitesh On 2021-05-28 08:49:20:

d / (x+1/2) = 4/5 * t
and d / (x-1/2) = 5/2 + t
solving we get d = 15.

Ques:- Why should I hire you from the outside when I could promote someone from within?
Ques:- Arun, Kamal and Vinay invested Rs.8000, Rs.4000 and Rs.8000 respectively in a business. Arun left after six months. If after eight months, there was a gain of Rs.4005, then what will be the share of Kamal?
A. Rs. 1780
B. Rs. 1602
C. Rs. 1335
D. Rs. 890
Recent Answer : Added by Muthu Mahesh On 2021-10-25 03:53:35:

Total inversement =20000
Arun and vinay =40% ,40%
Kamal =20%
8 month gain = 4005
Arun and vinay share of 6 months=1201.5
Kamal share of 6 month = 600.75
Now Arun left, then remaining 2 month’s profits =1001.25
In this case kamal have 33.3% and vinay have remaining percentage of 1001.25
33.3% of 1001.25 is 333.4
Now, total share of kamal is 600.75+333.4=934.16

Ques:- Your favourite area of interest
Ques:- Why you feel proud of your work?
Ques:- Why are manhole covers round?
Recent Answer : Added by Tinashe D Ganyara On 2022-03-09 16:37:50:

So as to prevent unauthorized persons from entering and reducing vandalism

Ques:- Which women?s ethnic label has tied up for moviemerchandising with Subhash Ghai?s Mukta Arts?
A. Be
B. Verve
C. Vibes
D. Biba
Ques:- TYPE OF WELDING
Ques:- If the numbers from 1 to 24, which are divisible by 2 are arranged in descending order, which number will be at the 8th place from the bottom?
A. 18
B. 16
C. 12
D. 10
Recent Answer : Added by Ferro On 2022-11-18 16:02:49:

1 through 24, divisible by 2 in descending order.

That leaves you with:
24, 22, 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2

8th place FROM the bottom means your answer will be 16.

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